Sara Hope Konrath
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Dr. Sara Konrath is a social psychologist and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research (iPEARlab.org). Her research investigates the development, benefits, and promotion of empathy, altruism, and emotional intelligence. She has documented generational trends in empathy and narcissism, and demonstrated how empathy and generous behavior is linked to well-being and health. Dr. Konrath has also designed innovative digital tools to increase empathy and giving, and has partnered with educators, physicians, dating apps, museums, zoos, foundations, and other nonprofits to develop and evaluate empathy interventions. She is a co-organizer of the annual Science of Philanthropy Initiative conference, and has served as an editor for top journals in both psychology and nonprofit studies. She has been a speaker at SouthXSouthwest and the Aspen Ideas Institute, and her work is regularly featured in top media outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, BBC, and CBC.
- Alison Jane Martingano, Morgan D. Stosic, Sara Hope Konrath. 2026. Different empathy types show opposing associations with burnout: systematic review and meta-analyses. Psychology, Health & Medicine
- Handy, Femida, Sara Hope Konrath. 2026. Voting Behavior and Mortality Risk in Older Adults: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Macy M. Miscikowski, Rebekka Weidmann, Sara Hope Konrath, William J. Chopik. 2026. Cultural moderation of demographic differences in narcissism. Self and Identity 25(1)
- Sara Hope Konrath, Alison Jane Martingano, Mark Davis, Fritz Breithaupt. 2025. Empathy Trends in American Youth Between 1979 and 2018: An Update. Social Psychological and Personality Science 16(3):252-265.
- Sara Hope Konrath, Carrie James, Emily Weinstein, Beck Tench. 2025. Development and validation of the Tech With Care Index for teens. Psychology of Popular Media 14(4):507–520.
- Alison Jane Martingano, Sara Hope Konrath, Danielle Blanch-Hartigan, Mark H. Davis, Judith A. Hall, Mollie A. Ruben, Justin J. Sanders, Rachel Schwartz. 2025. Seven Empathy Myths: Correcting Misconceptions About a Complex Construct. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 19(10):e70093.
- Sara Hope Konrath, Femida Handy, Scott Wright, Kent A. Griffith, Reshma Jagsi. 2024. How Individuals' Health and Wealth Are Associated with Their Donation Behavior and Motivations. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing 36(4):493-516.
- Carrie James, Anne Collier, Katie Davis, Sara Hope Konrath, Tijana Milosevic, Elizabeth Milovidov, Elisabeth Staksrud, Emily Weinstein. 2024. Empathy, Kindness, and Dignity in a Connected World. Handbook of Children and Screens
- Konrath, Sara Hope, Falk, Emily, Kang, Yoona , Cooper, Nicole , Pandey, Prateekshit , Scholz, Christin , O'Donnell, Matthew Brook, Lieberman, Matthew D, Taylor, Shelley E, Strecher, Victor J, Cin, Sonya Dal, Polk, Thad A, Resnicow, Kenneth , An, Lawrence . 2018. Effects of self-transcendence on neural responses to persuasive messages and health behavior change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(40):9974-9979.
- Konrath, Sara Hope, Falk, Emily, Tolman, Richard M., Fuhrel-Forbis, Andrea , Liu, Mary , Swain, James , Cunningham, Rebecca , Walton, Maureen . 2015. Can Text Messages Increase Empathy and Prosocial Behavior? The Development and Initial Validation of Text to Connect. PLoS ONE 10(9):e0137585.